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. 1966 Jun;99(3):780–785. doi: 10.1042/bj0990780

Studies in rapidly labelled ribonucleic acid in cell fractions and in tumour tissues

B R Wilkinson 1,*, K S Kirby 1
PMCID: PMC1265070  PMID: 4290408

Abstract

1. Twenty minutes after injection of [3H]orotic acid into rats the rapidly labelled RNA from the liver is mainly associated with the nuclear fraction and little with the ribosomal cytoplasmic fraction. 2. The thermal denaturation of RNA from the fractions was not as reversible as that of the RNA extracted from whole liver. 3. Rapidly labelled RNA is synthesized by cells from a transplantable hepatoma when incubated in the presence of [3H]uridine and, after extraction and centrifugation, the label is present in three main fractions: one which sediments to the bottom of a gradient and is associated with DNA, a second which sediments to the heavy side of the 28s RNA, and a third which has a peak of activity between 28s RNA and 18s RNA and is associated with DNA. 4. After labelling and extraction of the RNA from Ehrlich ascites cells the distribution of radioactive components is similar to that of the material from the hepatoma cells. 5. The difference between the tumour cells and liver is due to some extent to the method of homogenizing the tissues and the nature of the components is discussed.

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